The Naismith College Coach of the Year Award (officially known for sponsorship reasons as the Werner Ladder Naismith College Coach of the Year) is an award given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to one men's and one women's NCAA Division I head college basketball coaches each season. The award, created in 1987, was originally given to the two winning coaches of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament for the first two years of its existence. In 1989, the Naismith Award's governing board switched to a voting process to determine the winners.

The men's side has had five multiple-time winners: John Calipari and Mike Krzyzewski with three each, and Tony Bennett, Mark Few, and Jay Wright with two each. On the women's side, there have also been five multiple-time winners: Geno Auriemma with eight, Pat Summitt with five, Dawn Staley with four, and Muffet McGraw and Tara VanDerveer with three each.

Key Coach (X) Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded the Naismith Coach of the Year Award at that point W, L, W % Total wins, total losses, win percentage Finish National postseason tournament result * Denotes national championship season

Winners

+ Men Season Coach School W L W % Finish Reference 1986–87 Indiana 30 4 * 1987–88 Kansas 27 11 * 1988–89 Duke 28 8 1989–90 Georgia Tech 28 7 1990–91 Ohio State 27 4 1991–92 (2) Duke 34 2 * 1992–93 North Carolina 34 4 * 1993–94 Arkansas 31 3 * 1994–95 UCLA 31 2 * 1995–96 UMass 35 2 1996–97 Kansas 34 2 1997–98 North Carolina 34 4 1998–99 (3) Duke 37 2 1999–00 Stanford 27 4 2000–01 Ole Miss 27 8 2001–02 Pittsburgh 29 6 2002–03 Kentucky 32 4 2003–04 Saint Joseph's 30 2 2004–05 Illinois 37 2 2005–06 Villanova 28 5 2006–07 Washington State 26 8 2007–08 (2) Memphis 38 2 2008–09 Pittsburgh 31 5 2009–10 Syracuse 30 5 2010–11 San Diego State 34 3 2011–12 Kansas 32 7 2012–13 Miami (Florida) 29 7 2013–14 Wichita State 35 1 2014–15 (3) Kentucky 38 1 2015–16 (2) Villanova 35 5 * 2016–17 Gonzaga 37 2 2017–18 (2) Virginia 31 3 2018–19 Tennessee 31 6 2019–20 Dayton 29 2 2020–21 (2) Gonzaga 31 1 2021–22 Providence 27 6 2022–23 Kansas State 26 10 2023–24 UConn 37 3 * 2024–25 St. John's 31 5 2025–26 Arizona 36 3 + Women Season Coach School W L W % Finish Reference 1986–87 Tennessee 28 6 * 1987–88 Louisiana Tech 32 2 * 1988–89 (2) Tennessee 35 2 * 1989–90 Stanford 32 1 * 1990–91 Virginia 31 3 1991–92 25 6 1992–93 Iowa 27 4 1993–94 (3) 31 2 1994–95 UConn 35 0 * 1995–96 Georgia 28 5 1996–97 (2) 33 1 1997–98 (4) Tennessee 39 0 * 1998–99 Purdue 34 1 * 1999–00 (3) UConn 36 1 * 2000–01 Notre Dame 34 2 * 2001–02 (4) UConn 39 0 * 2002–03 Duke 35 2 2003–04 (5) Tennessee 31 4 2004–05 LSU 33 3 2005–06 North Carolina 34 4 2006–07 (2) 32 2 2007–08 (5) UConn 36 2 2008–09 (6) UConn 39 0 * 2009–10 Nebraska 32 2 2010–11 (2) Stanford 33 3 2011–12 Baylor 40 0 * 2012–13 (2) Notre Dame 35 2 2013–14 (3) Notre Dame 37 1 2014–15 Princeton 31 1 2015–16 (7) UConn 38 0 * 2016–17 (8) UConn 36 1 2017–18 Mississippi State 37 2 2018–19 Iowa 29 7 2019–20 South Carolina 32 1 2020–21 (3) Stanford 31 2 * 2021–22 (2) South Carolina 35 2 * 2022–23 (3) South Carolina 36 1 2023–24 (4) South Carolina 38 0 * 2024–25 UCLA 34 3 2025–26 Vanderbilt 29 5 On May 8, 1997, the NCAA Executive Committee voted to negate the Minutemen's 1996 NCAA tournament record, for Marcus Camby's acceptance of agents' improper gifts. The 35–2 record was reduced to 31–1, and the UMass slot in the Final Four is officially denoted as vacated. An NCAA investigation determined that Derrick Rose had forfeited his eligibility because the Educational Testing Service voided his SAT Reasoning Test score which made him eligible to play. The NCAA also determined that even without the questions about Rose's SAT score, Rose would have lost his eligibility in December 2007 due to his brother being allowed to travel with the team for free. All 38 wins and one 2008 NCAA tournament loss were subsequently vacated by the NCAA for rules violations, leaving the team with an official record of 0–1. The NCAA men's tournament expanded to 68 teams starting in 2011, with the last four teams earning bids into the tournament set in competition with one another via "First Four" play-in games. The 'Second Round' then became more commonly referred to as 'Round of 32' for specificity. On the women's side, 2022 was the first NCAA tournament in which 68 teams earned bids. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the 2019–20 men's and women's seasons to be canceled prior to any national postseason tournaments occurring.

See also Naismith College Player of the Year

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